international
Lionel Messi to Launch His Own Production Company
One of the world’s most recognizable sports stars is joining the fray to launch his own production company. Lionel Messi, the footballer who jumped to the MLS Beckham-style in a late-career move to play for Inter Miami, has set up a film and TV banner titled 525 Rosario, a reference to his hometown address in […]
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‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 Cast Revealed
The Black Mirror season seven cast is out — and not only is it star-studded, it also includes some former stars of the Netflix series. Here is the list of the season’s lead actors (in alphabetical order): Awkwafina (Jackpot), Milanka Brooks (Mum And I Don’t Talk Anymore), Peter Capaldi (Criminal Record), Emma Corrin (Deadpool & […]
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Ella Purnell Is an All-New Killer Tired of Being Overlooked in ‘Sweetpea’ Trailer
Ella Purnell has turned to violent methods to make sure she’s not being overlooked anymore in the new Sky and Starz show Sweetpea. The six-episode British revenge thriller follows Rhiannon Lewis (Purnell), a quiet wallflower that everyone overlooks, who develops a vengeful taste for murder. “At its core, the series is about a woman finally […]
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‘Happy Valley’ Creator Sally Wainwright Unveils Female-Led Cast for BBC Drama ‘Riot Women’
Sally Wainwright, creator of TV hits Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, and Gentleman Jack, is turning her attention to a new BBC project, Riot Women. The six-episode series, from Drama Republic, on Thursday unveiled its cast as filming continues in West Yorkshire, England. Joanna Scanlan (After Love, The Thick of It) will lead the […]
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Oscars 2025: Norway Picks Renate Reinsve Starrer ‘Armand’ for International Feature Race
Norway has entered the 2025 Oscar race, selecting Halfdan Ullmann Tondel’s school-set drama Armand as its contender for next year’s Academy Awards in the best international feature category. Renate Reinsve, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s double Oscar nominee The Worst Person in the World, plays the lead in Armand, namely Elisabeth, a local celebrity […]
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Outfit MK2 Inks Multi-Year Financing Deal With IPR.VC
French production and sales outfit mk2 films has signed a multi-year financing deal with the Finnish private equity fund IPR.VC to bankroll a slate of new projects, the two companies unveiled on Thursday. The new capital will come in handy for mk2, which is looking to build on recent crossover success, including its co-productions The […]
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Oscars 2025: Denmark Picks ‘The Girl With the Needle’ for International Feature Race
Denmark has selected Magnus von Horn’s period drama The Girl With the Needle as its nominee for Best International Feature at the 2025 Oscars. Set in Copenhagen in 1919, the feature stars Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) as Karoline, a young seamstress who is left high and dry when her wealthy lover (Joachim Fjelstrup) gets […]
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Zurich Festival to Honor ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger
The Zurich Film Festival will this year present director Edward Berger with its prestigious Golden Eye A Tribute To…Award, honoring his life’s work. Berger, whose 2022 war epic All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 4, is back in the award conversations this year with his latest feature, Conclave. […]
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Toronto’s So-So Sales Bode Ill For Future Market
Measured against recent Toronto Film Festivals, business at TIFF 2024, which wrapped on September 15, was average. There was one big studio deal: Paramount Pictures snatching up worldwide rights outside of Germany-speaking Europe for Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5, a newsroom thriller on the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attacks, which is already being touted a major awards […]
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Oscars 2025: France Picks ‘Emilia Pérez’ for Best International Feature Race
France has picked Jacques Audiard’s queer crime musical Emilia Pérez as its contender for the 2025 Oscar race in the best international feature category. Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz star alongside Spanish trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in the genre-jumping feature about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) who enlists the help of a […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Neom Hub Names Acting Media Sector Head Amid Allegations of Racism, Inappropriate Behavior
Veteran arts and culture executive Michael Lynch has been named acting sector head for media at Neom in Saudi Arabia, a hub for media, entertainment, tourism, and more amid allegations of racism, misogyny and inappropriate workplace behavior by top executives. The Wall Street Journal reported that former Fox and Universal executive Wayne Borg, managing director of Neom Media Industries, […]
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‘The Office’ Australia Trailer From Amazon Offers First Look at Female David Brent
The Office is back! Well, a version of it. Amazon Prime Video has released the first trailer to the Australian adaptation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s enduring classic comedy series The Office, and we finally get a proper glimpse at the Aussie variants of Brent, Tim, Dawn, Gareth and more. With NBC’s follow-up to […]
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